Powerball
Jackpot Rises to $40 Million
The jackpot in America's favorite
lottery game continues to power upward. Even
though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday
evening, 351,784 players across the nation won
a total of more than $3.2 million in prizes.
Because
no one correctly matched all six numbers in
Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to
an estimated $40 million!
The
cash option for the Saturday, November 19th
drawing will be an estimated $19.2 million.
The
numbers drawn Wednesday night were 5, 18, 20,
21, 44 and the Powerball was 27. The Power Play
multiplier was 3.
Four
winning tickets in Indiana, New Mexico, South
Carolina, and Wisconsin matched all 5 white
numbers for a $200,000 prize.
Twenty-four
players matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball
and won $10,000. Three additional players who
won at this prize level also wisely purchased
the Power Play and had their $10,000 winnings
multiplied by 3 to $30,000!
More
than 57,000 winning Powerball players multiplied
their prizes by 3 Wednesday. They were able
to do that by purchasing the Power Play option
for one dollar. With Power Play you multiply
your Powerball winnings from 2 to 5 times, except
for the jackpot. At the beginning of each drawing
a wheel is spun to select that night's multiplier.
Players
should carefully check their tickets after every
draw. Even if there are no jackpot winners there
are always tens of thousands of winners at other
prize levels.
Players
purchased more than $14.7 million in tickets
between Sunday and Wednesday night.
The
lotteries sold more than $2 billion in Powerball
tickets in FY05. That translates into more than
$600 million for worthwhile state projects.
Powerball
is now played in 27 states, the District of
Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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